FBI arrests LulzSec member “recursion” for Sony Pictures hack

The FBI is claiming to have arrested LulzSec member "recursion" in Arizona, in …

The FBI has announced that it has arrested LulzSec member Cody Kretsinger, 23, of Phoenix, Arizona, known as "recursion," charging him with conspiracy and the unauthorized impairment of a protected computer.

Kretsinger is accused of using SQL injection attacks to obtain confidential information from the systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Kretsinger and his co-conspirators are then claimed to have disseminated the stolen information via the LulzSec Web site, and publicized it on Twitter. The FBI also asserts that Kretsinger wiped his hard disk in order to avoid detection by law enforcement.

To hide his identity when performing the attack, the FBI claims that Kretsinger used VPN service HideMyAss.com. In spite of this, activity was traced to an address in Arizona.

Fox News is reporting that a second man was arrested in San Francisco, after allegedly attacking Web sites belonging to Santa Cruz County as part of an Anonymous operation. Fox is also claiming that search warrants have been executed in New Jersey, Minnesota, and Montana.

Big ups.

Earlier this month, police in the UK arrested two men claimed to be LulzSec member "Kayla". LulzSec spokesman Topiary was arrested in July, and the previous month, Ryan Cleary, who operated a LulzSec IRC server, was arrested. The ringleader of the group, Sabu, has tweeted that there are now only two LulzSec members at large.